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The first European explorer to discover botany Bay was James Cook, who did so in 1770. Originally Cook named the bay Stingray Harbour.
The name Botany Bay was suggested by Joseph Banks, the famed scientists and botanist who travelled with James Cook between 1768 and 1771. Banks was impressed by all the new species of flora and collected many new botanical specimens at Botany Bay - hence the name.
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What happened at Botany Bay in 1770?
At Botany Bay, the Union Jack was first hoisted in Australia. The English explorer Captain James Cook landed here in 1770. Cook and his men waded ashore in April 1770. The bay later proved unsuitable, and the colony was located at Port Jackson.
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Gabriel Moraga
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Pedro de Coronas was a Spanish explorer in the 16th century who landed on the coast of present-day Currituck County in North Carolina; he is noted for his exploration of that territory in 1566 though the explorer remained in the Americas for only a few days before returning to the West Indies. Doncha love Mr. Koller ;)
